Ruth Rendell — Thirteen Steps Down
Arrow Books Ltd 2005 Paperback, 400pp. A Classic Rendellian Loner, Mix Cellini Is Superstitious About The Number 13. Living In A Decaying House In Notting Hill, Mix Is Obsessed With 10 Rillington Place, Where The Notorious John Christie Committed A Series Of Foul Murders. He Is Also Infatuated With A Beautiful Model Who Lives Nearby A Woman Who Would Not Look At Him Twice.Mix S Landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer Is Equally Reclusive Living Her Life Through Her Library Of Books.Both Landlady And Lodger Inhabit Weird Worlds Of Their Own. But When Reality Intrudes Into Mix S Life, A Long Pent-Up Violence Explodes. (ISBN: 9780099474326). Good.